[5e] Courts of the Shadow Fey (Inactive)

Game Master mishima

I would be curious about the hunt, but I would also like to gravitate towards this Lord Chesselfield.

Lord Chesselfield is a visitor from the Arbonesse elven River Kingdom on Midgard, and is playing a crucial role in arranging the marriage between the Black Prince and Elegyn, a Zobecker noble.

Note I may go back and compile these in a list for the campaign tab at some point, but in the mean time you can do a thread search for 'Location 39' for example and it should pull up. I've tried to format location entries all the same.

No post from me tonight. I'm okay, just really tired.

No worries, that was me yesterday...easy for me to stay up all night then crash hard the next with no work responsibilities.

Don't want to crash the conversation of Deimus & Hrungnir uninvited.

But, Carnadine would join if present and not private discussion.

cheers

I’d love to have, as well as anyone else who wishes to, be part of this. I’m more than willing to assume that Carnadine is present and that Hrungnir was not trying to keep this private.

I third.

All the stories are somewhat intertwined, would be great for party to get moving as a whole again. Saves me a lot of work posting 1 party plot instead of posting 6 separate plots every day. Not that there's not also benefits of the latter.

Okay, no problem with that.

I third.

All the stories are somewhat intertwined, would be great for party to get moving as a whole again. Saves me a lot of work posting 1 party plot instead of posting 6 separate plots every day. Not that there's not also benefits of the latter.

Yes, I've struggled with that a lot, for different reasons. I was trying to connect at least Hrungnir's story with mine. It felt easier because it's just starting to unfold.

The other arcs, I must confess, I kind of let go of.

Well everyone is welcome in join Carnadine’s tours. In fact, he’s not hiding anything from the group. I’m just posting Carns actions, all are welcome to join. And with the fluid timeline, Infinity has allowed everyone to do everything without time constraints so far. Assuming it all just works out.

Now I need to reserve the right to hide Carnadine’s future actions, in case he needs to some Evil stuff. But, I’ll use spoilers.

Can we assume in general that UNLESS we spoiler, everyone is welcome to join everyone's posts?

Cheers

Carnadine, that sounds good to me

Same.

That said, I'm probably about to engage in a monumentally stupid plan of action.

The Grey Ladies said deliver a puppy to Vailessia and that none save she will lay with and love him. They didn't say that Raseri didn't need to ensure that happened, so I'm planning on busting up two courtships and just screwing things up while following the letter of their instructions to me.

And yeah, I know Raseri's acting very differently from before, but she's been alone for several years, maybe decades, while three days have passed at the court. That's a lot fo time reflect and change.

When in doubt, do something awesome.

Everyone leveled? Going to update with the new hp and such.

And refresh everyone's Inspiration as well.

Levelled.

yep

Yes...though I'm trying to switch to D&D Beyond and struggling to get the Beer domain right in my Homebrew Collection. :(

Here she is so far. The only errors I *think* are left are:
1) She should have proficiency in Insight
2) She shouldn't have Heavy Armor proficiency or Fire Resistance (which she inherited when I used the Forge domain as a template for my Beer domain...but I thought I'd removed them and am not clear why they show up on her sheet still.

I've asked on the dndbeyond Discord server. I'm not sure if there's another/better place to seek advice on it.

Who is the Black Prince of Balefire? I thought he was a shadow fey noble.

I am all levelled up.

I'm leveled, but haven't picked out spells for the day yet.

Kjeta, I'm not that savvy with DnDBeyond's character creator, but I think there is a way you can just manually type it in. I use it constantly for reference but still do my own thing for char sheets.

Carn, Black Prince of Balefire is son of King and Queen. Royal blood, and shadow fey. That makes his status even higher than a titled noble. Vailessia is also royal blood (Prince's cousin) and in that same category. Those 2, the King and the Queen are the 4 'royals'.

There are many other 'titled nobles' of lesser relation or importance. Though you have not met many in this category. Lord Chelessfield and the Demon Lord of Roaches fall here.

The next rung below that is 'courtiers' who aspire to gain title. Some faction leaders and questing knights would rank here.

Then you have 'courtesans and consorts' the upper class prostitutes.

Then its 'royal appointees and keepers' such as Moggo the Goblin King, the Royal Mead Brewer and such.

Below that are 'scholars, sages, and grey beards' an academic class.

'Rangers and huntsmen' fall below that.

Now were down to ~Status 10. Some of the party are here as are 'rakes, assassins, and duelists'.

Next rung down is 'doormen, guards, and wardens'...then 'entertainers', then 'thieves and tricksters', then 'monsters'...and finally 'servants'.

Just realized I made a mistake. Raseri's perception is +10 now, not +9 :D

Having a bit of DM writers block lately with this game, will at least respond to Kjeta's explorations later today.

Apparently you guys aren't suffering from that problem, so that's good. :)

Unblocked!

If I forgot or overlooked anything please don't hesitate to point it out to me. I tried to get it all.

As for loot, its in my tracker. I can do the calculation later.

I just noticed that the Beer domain says "Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses those supplies"...I'm not sure if that's in addition to the bonus for being proficient in Persuasion, or instead. If that latter, -4 from those rolls.

Forgot to address this last night. Xanathar's introduced a bunch of new ways to use tools, basically letting you 'use the tools' for advantage on certain checks. Kind of a moot point for charisma based checks, because your Blessed Brew ability does the same (it was probably written before Xan came out or something), however when you say its using brewer's tools your Disciple of Draught ability kicks in and doubles proficiency bonus. You only ever apply one proficiency to an ability check, and its either doubled or not.

So, say you were making a charisma persuasion check...

Roll d20
+1 for your ability mod (12 charisma)
+8 for double proficiency bonus

=> check d20+9 (with advantage)

You can get that without wasting a use of Blessed Brew even.

Hrungnir, I cant remember why I have your initiative mod at +3. Is that right or did I make a mistake?

Carn, on the loot, each player in the party has in the neighborhood of 3800 gp in the form of gold/platinum bars, and mithral goblets.

Scutarius requires 1000 gp of value for his quest.

Carn, on the loot, each player in the party has in the neighborhood of 3800 gp in the form of gold/platinum bars, and mithral goblets.

Scutarius requires 1000 gp of value for his quest.

Pay the man.

cheers

Hey guys, just to let you know Deimus has (sadly) left the game. A major bummer for me personally, as I thought this one was going well. My fault for not putting character development more forward.

But anyways, I'm not planning on recruiting a replacement.

His IC departure will be explained soon.

That is truly saddening. He was a great addition to the party.

Deimus, if you read this: I loved your character and your writing. Wish you the best.

That sucks. Really enjoyed Deimus

Same here. Sorry to see you go Deimus. I wish you good luck and lots of fun whatever you wind up doing.

Hey Dreaming Warforged, thanks for being part of this game. I really enjoyed Deimus, and look forward to playing with you again somewhere.

Guys sorry to do this again but I found out I need to go to work again tomorrow, so am rushing some stuff tonight. Probably wont post again today. Will make it up with multi-posts tomorrow!

That sucks about Deimus. he was a great member of our group, and the most reasonable of anyone here (myself most definitely included).

Hey Infinity, I *believe* that Ninkash and Khors would be on good terms (with followers of the Alemother likely thinking followers of the Lord of Light cares overmuch for order, but seeing them as an ally in working for good and freedom from oppression). Anything you'd add / change?

All, assuming I'm not missing some major wedge between the faiths, now that Kjeta realizes they're here she'll certainly want to approach them. Anyone else is welcome to come along!

--EDIT--

BTW, I've updated the link to her character sheet in her status bar. It now points to dndbeyond, which is up to date for L9.

Kjeta, cool thanks for updating sheet. Also Khors might clash with Marena, Carn's god...but then supposedly Marena's followers frown upon Ninkash too. But as you'll see, their cult here is really less about the god and more about the blind seer.

Ill get the puzzle box scene up later today...feeling like zero motivation for anything the past few days. Think I need to start exercising or something, getting slothful as hell lol

...but then supposedly Marena's followers frown upon Ninkash too.

Clearly that's until they get to taste our delicious Good Brews. ;-)

That said, I could see some interesting conflict between Kjeta and Carn. She's certainly been nervous about him since he started summoning an undead horse and showing other signs of EVIL...but (at least so far) her impulse has been to try to show him Ninkash's blessings instead of reprimanding him. (She's a pretty low-key crusader, after all.)

Evil? Who Carn? Maybe that's discrimination against undead.

Carn quietly destroyed a holy symbol of Khors, and tried to convert someone.

He deliberately stays away from discussing morals and doctrine with Kjeta. Don't ask. Don't tell.

They can always share a brew... until next level when he no longer needs to eat or drink becoming closer to undead and a Knight General Incorporeal.

cheers

If it looks like a corpse and quacks like a corpse, it's a duck.

Raseri just thinks Carn's a stuck up noble with maybe a touch too much bloodlust. And just because you technically don't need something doesn't mean you have to give it up. I mean, Carn's the best face we have when dealing with the shadow fey with Deimus leaving. Why not enjoy the Good Brews?

Speaking of gods, I hope that I haven't twisted something into a pretzel with some of the things I've done with Raseri, namely having her follow three different gods, one of whom she happens to be trying to follow the different masks of. It's kinda of interesting to see how she's changed from the beginning until now.

Did my last post get missed?

No, I've been chewing on it all day...

Sorry, I seem to love throwing you curveballs. :)

Raseri just thinks Carn's a stuck up noble with maybe a touch too much bloodlust. And just because you technically don't need something doesn't mean you have to give it up. I mean, Carn's the best face we have when dealing with the shadow fey with Deimus leaving. Why not enjoy the Good Brews?

Huh? I wouldn't willing not partake in the Good Brews. I just thought I remembered that that's where Deimus landed, since he didn't eat either.

cheers

It makes sense for a gearforged, a little less so for a vampire.

By the way, I don't think I've ever told you what a marvelous job you have done with Carnadine. He's a great character, and one that I would not be able to pull off. I know there's a lot of antagonism brewing between he and Raseri, but that is in no way a reflection on what I think of him and the job you have done playing him.

Simply put, it's been a blast playing with you, and I'm looking forward to seeing how the dynamics between Carnadine and Raseri evolve.

Sorry, I seem to love throwing you curveballs. :)

Yeah, crafting is sort of an odd thing to RP in dialogue imo...'would you like me to craft something for you?' How would a person answer that in real life? O_o I mean my gut reaction would be 'wtf? no' but don't want to have that as Kolya's reaction of course. XD But think I got something.

It makes sense for a gearforged, a little less so for a vampire.

By the way, I don't think I've ever told you what a marvelous job you have done with Carnadine. He's a great character, and one that I would not be able to pull off. I know there's a lot of antagonism brewing between he and Raseri, but that is in no way a reflection on what I think of him and the job you have done playing him.

Simply put, it's been a blast playing with you, and I'm looking forward to seeing how the dynamics between Carnadine and Raseri evolve.

We'll see. We've another level before Carnadine stops needing to eat or drink, so we can cross that bridge when we get to it. Whatever the GM rules.

And likewise for me about your character. I enjoy reading about Raseri, but I could never write and invent that much drama for one of my characters.

cheers

On the agenda for today along with further development of the posts already made:

Redeath of Deimus (a short piece that will not do justice to the character. No party will be there, but might react to it after)

Puzzle Box Chamber (taking place after a long rest relative to current gameplay scenes. Full party will be there. And yep, promised this yesterday...will promise it again today because thats what unreliable people do)

Carn is waiting for the return of Scutarius's mission of information.